Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
LaPolla, 2004a: 33). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Kanara (
Bell). Primary type depositories:
MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens, 3 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories:
AMNH,
BMNH,
MCZC,
MHNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: India: Belgaum (
R.C. Wroughton), Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (
Yerbury).